Postgame: Leafs comeback to win 6-3 against some other team

The Leafs are the best team on the planet and no one can change our mind.

Zach Hyman’s winning goal and empty net goal secured the victory and completed the comeback for the Leafs against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

William Nylander and Auston Matthews were able to get a goal and an assist each – adding to the vital offensive onslaught in the second half of the game.

Tyler Ennis got a powerplay goal to cut the lead to one and notched one for the second power play unit.

Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly, and Patrick Marleau got two assists, while John Tavares, Jake Muzzin and Kasperi Kapanen notched a single assist each.

It was an entertaining game and probably the best comeback win for a Leafs team in a very long time.

The Buds Are All Day.

First Period

The Leafs started this game with a big middle finger to every person that said they couldn’t depend on their skill to win games. Absolutely blazing through the neutral zone and getting some solid chances in front of Price.

With just over six minutes gone, the Leafs are +12/-4 in shot attempts – completely shelling the Habs to start the game.

But apparently, it’s not enough because the Habs get to open the scoring of this game.

This time it’s Tomas Tatar taking advantage of a bad line change from the Leafs and letting it rip past Andersen to double the lead for the Habs.

The Leafs have the better totals but have been just letting the visiting team get good scoring chances. Nothing was more evident of that when they just let them get on the powerplay and score shortly after Dermott went to the box.

The first period is still far from being over and the Habs have a three-goal lead. Completely stunning the Leafs into submission and preparing them for a horrible game at home. Jeff Petry scored, whatever.

That was one period that the Leafs would want to forget. There would still be an important 40 minutes left to play.

Second Period

Awarded a power play to begin the period, the Leafs went to work and were able to cut the lead down to just two with a man advantage tally from Matthews at 2:13 of the second.

The Leafs were heavily outshot and outchanced this period, letting the Habs walk all over them and get those attempts off. With just six minutes left in the second, the Habs battled back and now have the overall shot attempt advantage at even-strength for the game to this point.

Montreal takes a dumb penalty and gifts the Leafs a powerplay goal at the hands of Tyler Ennis.

Just under two minutes left, Hyman comes and scores the most signature Zach Hyman goal ever.

Andreas Johnsson and Hyman (again) were able to net the two empty-netters to boost some stats for everyone. Leafs win 6-3.

Hahahhaa, the Habs are so bad.

–all data via naturalstattrick.com-

Who wore the Crown?

After every Leaf game, we’re recognizing one Leaf player who best exemplified what it means to play hockey the “Toronto Way”: with heart and soul, above all else. Who wore the Crown is brought to you by Crown Royal, passionate fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

William Nylander was everywhere tonight. Breaking up passes in the neutral zone, creating offensive chances, and streaking down the wing with the puck past some Canadiens defenders – he earned the title.

Scoring the tying goal and adding an assist, Nylander has extended his hot streak to 11 points in his last 14 games.

Final Thoughts

From thinking the Leafs were going to be blown out in the first intermission to laughing in the faces of every single opponent, this game was the most 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs game to date.

Demonstrating the pure talent that this team has, the Leafs were able to score some incredible goals with some heart-wrenching timing.

The Leafs were able to capitalize on the powerplay, they were still able to be the much better team at even-strength. With 53.21 CF% at 5v5, they had the better attempt numbers throughout this game.

Most notably, the Hyman-Tavares-Marner line was the team’s best line for shot attempts percentage.

The Leafs play their next game on the day of the trade deadline, Monday, February 25th against the Buffalo Sabres at home.